I need something to accomidate my Revodrive 3 + GTX 580 with room to spare. My little ASRock P55 Extreme board is very cramped in this regard, and I can't even dream to add a 2nd 580 without crippling the performance of my Revo. Reply

May as well have something which can use all the RAM I've purchased on various hot deals. Speaking of... right now in the Anandtech Hot Deals forum, the first post at the top is a G.Skill deal on DDR3-1333 1.5 Ripjaws for $25 with free shipping - no rebate required! This means for $100 you can get a full 32GB RAM and populate all the RAM slots on this X79 motherboard!!!Reply

Well I use my machine as a multi-GPU gaming, multi-media, media encoding, home media server, software developing, home business and file server. So I can use as much power and threads as possible. So I would greatly appreciate obtaining this board. Thanks for the opportunity.Reply

A loyal AMD builder here who has avoided the Intel route for too long...especially in light of the Bulldozer/Intel shootouts that have been downright ugly for AMD. Would be even better if I could win a 2500K or better Intel processor! Thanks Gigabyte for the opportunity anyway..win or lose. I have used many a Gigabyte product with great results down through the years....and many thanks to AnandTech for making the giveaway so doggone easy.Reply

Maybe NewEgg can step up to the plate and offer a nice gift card from their store, in case I win this thing. Then, I can buy the rest of the parts that I'll need to complete the upgrade of my system, which will be built around this motherboard. ;-)Reply

I'm building my dream computer. Buying one part at a time, carefully choosing everything so I'll never have to buy a computer again. So far I've got one Gtx 590, the i7-3930K and 4 Gb's of ram. This would literally save me at least half a year of saving! I hope I win so I can complete my system. As always tho, >_> , good luck to everyone else. Thanks for these giveaways! :D Reply

I am currently running a AMD FX-57 and it's days are numbered. The Asus a8n32-sli deluxe motherboard I have is just about dead. One of my video cards on the south bridge doesn't even show up and its not the card. If I had a new board I could upgrade my ram and CPU and be in good shape for school next semester. So good luck to whomever gets this. I never win anything anyways.Reply

If I got one of these, I would also get 32GB of RAM and make a nice 24G RAM drive to REALLY speed things up. 8GB of system RAM would be plenty, leaving me with 24GB for a RAM drive. How awesome would that be?!Reply

A fully featured "animal"! This board is one I will consider purchasing, it has more power than can be described, hope it is successful in the marketplace, power users should not pass this one by.Reply

thank you ananadtech for yet another great giveaway !.. :) I would like to win one of these.. ! :) SO i can finally upgrade my Pentium D PC !.. :( Got enough saved for the 2011 starter processor !... :) Thank you..Reply

I really like Gigabyte boards. They provided firmware updates for their AM2 boards long after the other guys had retired support for them. So when I upgrade all of the PCs in the house, I went exclusively Gigabyte.Reply

Im a second year Networking Major and seeing as how my last computer was sold for Daddy's beer money this would most certianly motivate me to build another Rig. Ill even send you the benchmarks for bragging rights O_0 KJS RJReply

2011 Looks to be something that may not see full potential until Ivy Bridge but it is a good thing that Intel looks as though they are going to use the same socket for at least 2 generations.

This is coming from someone using an i& Lynnfield (Socket 1156) Love my board and have no complaints about the performance but wish I could have the option to upgrade at a later date without throwing away a perfectly good motherboard. This is one of the few areas AMD has an advantage over intel.Reply

What I do not understand is all of the complaining on the net that this chip does not have higher IPC than the other SB chips...No one should have expected more, if my memory serves me right Intel never claimed higher IPC, just a quad channel, graphic-less version on a platform that supports more PCI-E lanes with the SB core. Reply

that's about all I can say. I was really hoping that the AMD FX would at least try to compete in the high end SNB, not to mention SNB-E, but i'm excited that intel is still addressing an area that no one else is competing in, High end enthusiasts..

Just finished up the Beta Test for SWToR, and it looks like I'll need to upgrade from my Core2 Duo + Asus Maximus Extreme. Needed to turn down the graphics to low, shadows off, etc.

The story and flashpoints (4 person dungeon for you WoW fans) are amazing! I loved playing Mandalorian Raiders, Athiss, and Hammer Station. Several boss battles and different strategies needed. Definitely need to find a good group to avoid wiping.Reply

I'd love to have this motherboard. I currently have a Gigabyte GA-P55-UD5 and loved it so much that I recommended Gigabyte motherboards to friends. I'd love to upgrade my system to this motherboard and buy a new CPU since my system is two years old already.Reply

It's been a while since I've used a Gigabyte motherboard. But about the only way I could afford an upgrade is if I was selected to win this board. Then again I'm sure many others are in the same boat I'm in... So Good Luck Everybody! :-DReply

I will build a Sandy-E system today if I get the motherboard, I promise to also by all other Gigabyte parts (as available) to complete the system. I've always like Gibabyte products, stable and solid middle-of-the-road performace/cost ratio.Reply

Props to Gigabyte for participating in the giveaway...its been a long time since i've been a member of the Intel camp...would love to win the giveaway so i can test out Intel's latest and greatest. thanks to Anand and all of his editors for the wonderful articles and reviews!Reply

As a loyal gigabyte user (I have 4 gigabyte motherboards in the past 2 years). I currently very happy with their EX58-UD4P. Their onboard audio normally have the best digital outs for HTPC/receiver setup. Reply

Would love to upgrade to this motherboard and be ahead of the curve for once. Have all other components to make an over the top rig except the CPU- you wouldn't want to throw one in too, would ya???Reply

much as I love to see my 2500k humming along at 4.6ghz, I never use the graphics core for quicksync and my motherboard is just evil in some areas. Shore wouldnt mind a flagship motherboard of the next generation, nossir.Reply